{{Short description|American storm chaser (born 1970)}} {{Infobox person | name = Josh Morgerman | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|01|21}} | birth_place = New York, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Harvard University | occupation = Storm chaser, TV personality, field correspondent, co-founder of Symblaze | known_for = Multitude of successful tropical cyclone chases | spouse = | parents = | children = | relatives = | website = http://www.icyclone.com }}
'''Joshua Morgerman''' (born January 21, 1970)<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1219534182273011712 |user=iCyclone |title=A very special #HurricaneMan fan shares his birthday with Hurricane Man. (Crazy, huh?) Rowan Atherley of Manchester, England, turns 8 years old today. (Mrs. Atherley tipped me off Re: this special occasion, so I could get a card to him.) Happy Birthday, li'd future chaserdude. 😎 |author=Josh Morgerman |date=January 21, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2025}}</ref> is an American businessman, storm chaser, TV personality, and field correspondent best known for his multitude of tropical cyclone chases.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Josh Morgerman - WeatherNation |url=https://wp.weathernationtv.com/team/josh-morgerman/ |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=WeatherNation TV|date=24 October 2022 }}</ref> Born in 1970, he developed an interest in meteorology at an early age. After graduating from Harvard University in 1992, he co-founded the digital advertising company Symblaze in 1999. His storm chasing career began in earnest in 2005 with Hurricane Wilma in Florida.
With no formal education in meteorology, all his experience comes from the chases. In all the years he has been chasing, Morgerman has intercepted 87 tropical cyclones, including Category 5 storms Hurricane Dean in 2007, Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, Hurricane Patricia in 2015, Typhoon Mangkhut and Hurricane Michael in 2018, Hurricane Dorian in 2019, and Hurricane Melissa in 2025. In total, he has successfully entered the eye of 60 hurricane-force tropical cyclones, with the strongest being Hurricane Melissa. Morgerman has also chased cyclones across 14 different countries or territories, but primarily in the United States and Mexico.
==Early life== Josh Morgerman was born in 1970 and grew up in Huntington, New York—part of suburban New York City. Living on Long Island, he developed an interest in meteorology at an early age; his mother attributes part of this interest to him seeing ''The Wizard of Oz'' when Morgerman was four. In August 1976, Hurricane Belle struck Long Island as a Category 1 hurricane, causing significant damage in his hometown.
At his father's insistence, Morgerman pursued a liberal arts degree at Harvard University rather than focusing on meteorology. In 1991, while attending Harvard, Morgerman went on his first hurricane chase: Hurricane Bob in Rhode Island.<ref name="Outside" />
In 1999, Morgerman co-founded the digital advertising company Symblaze alongside his friend Michael Horton.<ref name="iCyclonebio">{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=josh morgerman|url=http://www.icyclone.com/about/josh-morgerman.html}}</ref> By 2004, he was living in Prague, Czech Republic, to work with Eastern European clientele.<ref name="Outside">{{cite interview|magazine=Outside|interviewer=S. I. Rosenbaum|author=Josh Morgerman|date=March 31, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Inside the Mind of a Hurricane Chaser|url=https://www.outsideonline.com/2392203/josh-morgerman-hurricane-chaser}}</ref>
== Personal life == Morgerman has no spouse nor kids, wishing to remain unburdened by family responsibilities to pursue cyclone chases.<ref name="Outside"/> In his spare time, Morgerman often studies historic tropical cyclones.<ref name="WaPo2012"/>
==iCyclone== Since 1991, Morgerman has been chasing tropical cyclones. His goal is to "core punch" the storms and record atmospheric pressure and document the experience.<ref name="Outside"/> With no formal education in meteorology, Morgerman's cyclone chasing is a passion project. All of his experience is in the field, though he advertises himself as an "adrenaline junkie". In an interview with ''The Washington Post'' in 2012, he stated this to be the primary motivator for chasing.<ref name="WaPo2012"/>
He often relies on his instincts backed up by years of chasing cyclones. Morgerman leads the iCyclone chase team. Members include his "right-hand guy" Scott Brownfield who coordinates logistics or assists on chases, meteorologists Adam Moyer and Jorge González who provide forecasting information, and Cory Van Pelt who serves as the iCyclone technician.<ref name="WaPo2012">{{cite interview|interviewer=Ian Livingston|author=Josh Morgerman|newspaper=The Washington Post|department=Capital Weather Gang|date=August 27, 2012|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Hurricane chasing: While most run from the storm, iCyclone seeks the core|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/hurricane-chasing-while-most-run-from-the-storm-icyclone-seeks-out-its-core/2012/08/26/31570dfa-df57-11e1-a19c-fcfa365396c8_blog.html}}</ref> In 2013, iCyclone expanded their chase region to East Asia, teaming up with fellow chasers James Reynolds and Mark Thomas. They ultimately intercepted four typhoons in one month including Typhoon Haiyan which devastated the Philippines.<ref name="WaPo2013">{{cite interview|author=Josh Morgerman|interviewer=Ian Livingston|date=December 4, 2013|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=A heart-pounding inside look at Super Typhoon Haiyan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/12/02/a-heart-pounding-inside-look-at-super-typhoon-haiyan/}}</ref> Since 2014, his chasing has been funded by multiple media agencies including CBS, the Weather Channel, and WeatherNation.<ref name="Outside" /> In 2017, Morgerman conducted his first and so far only Australian chase, intercepting Cyclone Debbie in Queensland.<ref>{{cite news|author=Victoria Craw|website=news.com.au|date=March 28, 2017|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=US storm-chaser Josh Morgerman says Cyclone Debbie is 'worst case scenario'|url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/us-stormchaser-jim-morgerman-says-cyclone-debbie-is-worst-case-scenario/news-story/7e8d537ceedb4f664f5988fba18ded87}}</ref>
===Data collection and usage=== Morgerman collects atmospheric pressure with multiple Kestrel 4500s. The data he has collected has been utilized by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in multiple instances to refine landfall intensities. 2011's Hurricane Rina's landfall in the Yucatán Peninsula was adjusted in light of his observations.<ref name="WaPo2012"/> In conjunction with satellite intensity estimates, his measurement of {{convert|975|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} within the eye of Hurricane Ernesto in 2012 was utilized to upgrade the hurricane's landfall intensity to Category 2.<ref>{{cite report|author=Daniel P. Brown|publisher=National Hurricane Center|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|date=February 20, 2013|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Hurricane Ernesto (AL052012)|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL052012_Ernesto.pdf}}</ref>
In 2014, Morgerman's measurement of {{convert|943.1|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} within Hurricane Odile resulted in the landfall pressure being adjusted to {{convert|941|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} from the operational estimate of {{convert|930|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite report|author1=John P. Cangialosi|author2=Todd B. Kimberlain|publisher=National Hurricane Center|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|date=March 4, 2015|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Hurricane Odile (EP152014)|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/EP152014_Odile.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|author=Daniel P. Brown|author2=Christopher W. Landsea|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=September 14, 2014|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Hurricane Odile Tropical Cyclone Update|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2014/ep15/ep152014.update.09150459.shtml}}</ref> His observation of {{convert|937.8|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} in 2015's Hurricane Patricia, in conjunction with two nearby automated measurements, assisted in more accurately analyzing the hurricane's strength at landfall. Meteorologists at the NHC concluded an approximate minimum pressure of {{convert|932|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}}, yielding estimated winds of {{convert|150|mph|km/h}}; this made Patricia the strongest Pacific hurricane on record to strike Mexico.<ref>{{cite report|author=Todd B. Kimberlain|author2=Eric S. Blake|author3=John P. Cangialosi|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=February 4, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Hurricane Patricia (EP202015)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/EP202015_Patricia.pdf}}</ref> The record was later surpassed by Hurricane Otis, which became the first Pacific hurricane on record to make landfall at Category 5 intensity, surpassing Hurricane Patricia accordingly.<ref name="CNN">{{Cite web |last1=Wolfe |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Elamroussi |first2=Aya |date=October 25, 2023 |title=Hurricane Otis' Category 5 'nightmare scenario' knocks out all communications in Acapulco, Mexico |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/24/weather/hurricane-otis-acapulco-mexico/index.html |access-date=October 25, 2023 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=October 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025041427/https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/24/weather/hurricane-otis-acapulco-mexico/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Morgerman provided the only observed over-land pressure with Hurricane Willa's Mexican landfall in 2018. He observed a value of {{convert|968|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}}, corroborating the NHC's landfall intensity of {{convert|115|mph|km/h}}.<ref>{{cite report|author=Michael J. Brennan|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=April 2, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Hurricane Willa (EP242018)|series=Tropical Cyclone Report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/EP242018_Willa.pdf}}</ref>
In 2016, Morgerman collaborated with meteorologist Andrew Hagen and Mexican researchers Erik Sereno Trabaldo and Jorge Abelardo González to reanalyze the 1959 Mexico hurricane, then considered to be the strongest landfalling hurricane on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Their analysis determined the storm to have been significantly weaker than originally estimated and resulted in its downgrade from a Category 5 to a Category 4. These revisions were later incorporated into the NHC's Hurricane Database.<ref>{{cite report|author=Josh Morgerman|author2=Andrew Hagen|author3=Erik Sereno Trabaldo|author4=Jorge Abelardo González|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|date=February 3, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Reanalysis of the 1959 Manzanillo hurricane|url=https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/1959_Manzanillo_hurricane_reanalysis.pdf}}</ref> In 2017, Morgerman co-authored an academic paper published by the American Meteorological Society on the intensity of 2015's Hurricane Patricia. He provided in-situ data describing the structure of the storm and allowing for a more thorough analysis of its landfall.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Robert F. Rogers|author2=Sim Aberson|author3=Michael M. Bell|author4=Daniel J. Cecil|author5=James D. Doyle|author6=Todd B. Kimberlain|author7=Josh Morgerman|author8=Lynn K. Shay|author9=Christopher Velden|journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society|date=October 30, 2017|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Rewriting the Tropical Record Books: The Extraordinary Intensification of Hurricane Patricia (2015)|url=https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0039.1|format=PDF|doi=10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0039.1|pages=2,091–2,112|volume=98|issue=10|bibcode=2017BAMS...98.2091R |s2cid=126016220 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Tropical cyclone chases== As of November 2025, he has chased 91 cyclones across Australia, East Asia, and North America. Of his successful core penetrations, six were Category 5, 14 were Category 4, and 21 were Category 3.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" |+ List of tropical cyclone chases and experiences by Josh Morgerman and the iCyclone team |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Storm ! scope="col" | Chase location ! scope="col" | Landfall intensity (SSHWS) ! scope="col" | Recorded pressure ! scope="col" | Relative position ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Ref. |- | scope="row" | 1976 | {{nts|August 9–10|0809}} |data-sort-value="Belle"| Hurricane Belle | Huntington, New York, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align=center data-sort-value="2"| Category 1 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Inside eye | {{N/A}} | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Belle 1976: My Very First Taste|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/belle-1976.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 1985 | {{nts|September 27|0927}} |data-sort-value="Gloria"| Hurricane Gloria | Huntington, New York, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align=center data-sort-value="2"| Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|965|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | {{N/A}} | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Gloria 1985: Careful What You Wish For|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/gloria-1985.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 1991 | {{nts|August 19|0819}} |data-sort-value="Bob"| Hurricane Bob | Providence, Rhode Island, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align=center data-sort-value="3"| Category 2 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Bob 1991: My Very First Chase|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/bob-1991.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 1999 | {{nts|August 22–23|0822}} |data-sort-value="Bret"| Hurricane Bret | Riviera, Texas, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align=center data-sort-value="4"| Category 3 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Bret 1999: The Real Deal|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/bret-1999.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2005 | {{nts|October 24|1024}} |data-sort-value="Wilma"| Hurricane Wilma | Everglades City, Florida, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align=center data-sort-value="4"| Category 3 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Inside eye | Tony Brite | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Wilma 2005: Ferocious Second Act|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/wilma-2005.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2007 | {{nts|August 21|0821}} |data-sort-value="Dean"| Hurricane Dean | Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat5}}" align=center data-sort-value="6"| Category 5 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Dean 2007: The Thing That Went Bump in the Night|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/dean-2007.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2008 | {{nts|July 23|0723}} |data-sort-value="Dolly"| Hurricane Dolly | Port Isabel, Texas, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align=center data-sort-value="2"| Category 1 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Eyewall | Scott Brownfield | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Dolly 2008: Howling Across the Rio Grande Valley|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/dolly-2008.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2008 | {{nts|September 1|0901}} |data-sort-value="Gustav"| Hurricane Gustav | Berwick/Morgan City, Louisiana, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align=center data-sort-value="3"| Category 2 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Inside eye | Scott Brownfield | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Gustav 2008: Chasing in Cajun Country|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/gustav-2008.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2008 | {{nts|September 13|0913}} |data-sort-value="Ike"| Hurricane Ike | Texas City, Texas, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align=center data-sort-value="3"| Category 2 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Ike 2008: Big, Bad Texan Cyclone|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/ike-2008.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2009 | {{nts|September 1–2|0822}} |data-sort-value="Jimena"| Hurricane Jimena | San Carlos, Baja California Sur, Mexico |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align=center data-sort-value="3"| Category 2 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Jimena 2009: Grand Trek Up the Baja Peninsula|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/jimena-2009.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2010 | {{nts|June 30 – July 1|0630}} |data-sort-value="Alex"| Hurricane Alex | Guadalupe Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align=center data-sort-value="3"| Category 2 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Inside eye | Jorge González | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Alex 2010: Threading the Needle in the Dark|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/alex-2010.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2010 | {{nts|September 17|0917}} |data-sort-value="Karl"| Hurricane Karl | Veracruz City, Veracruz, Mexico |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align=center data-sort-value="4"| Category 3 hurricane | {{convert|985.9|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Karl 2010: Flying Debris Festival|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/karl-2010.html}}</ref> |- |2010 |{{Nts|October 24–25}} |Hurricane Richard |Missed | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | Solo |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morgerman |first=Josh |title=RICHARD 2010 |url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/richard-2010.html |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=iCyclone.com}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2011 | {{nts|September 17|0917}} | data-sort-value="Don" | Tropical Storm Don | Riviera Beach, Texas, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|storm}}" align="center" data-sort-value="1" | Tropical storm | {{convert|1008.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside diffuse center | Cory Van Pelt | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Don 2011: Now You See It—Now You Don't|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/don-2011.html}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2011 | {{nts|August 27|0827}} | rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Irene" | Hurricane Irene | Marshallberg, North Carolina, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|953.0|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | rowspan="2" | Inside eye | rowspan="2" | Keith Nugent | rowspan="2" | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Irene 2011: Thin Slice of 1950s Nostalgia|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/irene-2011.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | {{nts|August 28|0828}} | New York City/Island Park, New York, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|storm}}" align="center" data-sort-value="1" | Tropical storm | {{N/A}} |- | scope="row" | 2011 | {{nts|October 11–12|1011}} | data-sort-value="Jova" | Hurricane Jova | Emiliano Zapata, Jalisco, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 hurricane | {{convert|985.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Jim Edds | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Jova 2011: Violent Midnight Microcane|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/jova-2011.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2011 | {{nts|October 27–28|1027}} | data-sort-value="Rina" | Hurricane Rina | Paamul, Quintana Roo, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|storm}}" align="center" data-sort-value="1" | Tropical storm | {{convert|996.5|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside center | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Rina 2011: When Given a Lemon, Make Lemonade|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/rina-2011.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2012 | {{nts|August 7–8|0807}} | data-sort-value="Ernesto" | Hurricane Ernesto | Buenavista, Quintana Roo, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 hurricane | {{convert|975.0|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Ernesto 2012: Pinprick in the Night|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/ernesto-2012.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2012 | {{nts|August 28–29|0828}} | data-sort-value="Isaac" | Hurricane Isaac | Galliano, Louisiana, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|970.0|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Isaac 2012: Swamp Marathon|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/isaac-2012.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2013 | {{nts|September 16|0916}} | data-sort-value="Ingrid" | Hurricane Ingrid | Lavaderos, Tamaulipas, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|storm}}" align="center" data-sort-value="1" | Tropical storm | {{N/A}} | Eyewall | Jorge González | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Ingrid 2013: Deceptively Lame Start to an Epic Season|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/ingrid-2013.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2013 | {{nts|October 5–6|1005}} | data-sort-value="Fitow" | Typhoon Fitow | Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 typhoon | {{N/A}} | Eyewall | James Reynolds, Mark Thomas | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Fitow 2013: Endurance Test|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/fitow-2013.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2013 | {{nts|October 7|1007}} | data-sort-value="Danas" | Typhoon Danas | Oku, Okinawa, Japan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 typhoon | {{convert|950.6|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | James Reynolds, Mark Thomas | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Danas 2013: Razor-thin Win|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/danas-2013.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2013 | {{nts|October 11|1011}} | data-sort-value="Nari" | Typhoon Nari | Baler, Aurora, Philippines | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 typhoon | {{N/A}} | Eyewall | James Reynolds | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Nari 2013: Hit & Run|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/nari-2013.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2013 | {{nts|November 8|1108}} | data-sort-value="Haiyan" | Typhoon Haiyan | Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat5}}" align="center" data-sort-value="6" | Category 5 super typhoon | {{convert|959.9|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | James Reynolds, Mark Thomas | <ref name="Haiyan">{{cite web|author=Josh Morgerman|publisher=iCyclone|date=April 3, 2014|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City & Leyte, Philippines|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/haiyan/iCyclone_HAIYAN_in_Tacloban_City_040314.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2014 | {{nts|July 8|0708}} | data-sort-value="Neoguri" | Typhoon Neoguri | Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | {{N/A|Did not make landfall}} | {{convert|964.8|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Outside eyewall | James Reynolds, Mark Thomas | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=May 22, 2019|title=Neoguri 2014: Nasty Tease|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/neoguri-2014.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2014 | {{nts|September 14–15|0914}} | data-sort-value="Odile" | Hurricane Odile | Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 hurricane | {{convert|943.1|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Steve Crighton | <ref name="Odile">{{cite report|author=Josh Morgerman|publisher=iCyclone|year=2014|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Odile 2014: Baja California Terror|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/odile/iCyclone_Chase_Report_ODILE_2014.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2014 | {{nts|October 14|1014}} | data-sort-value="Vongfong" | Typhoon Vongfong | Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|storm}}" align="center" data-sort-value="1" | Tropical storm | {{convert|975.5|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside center | Steve Crighton | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Vongfong 2014: Slow, Painful Demise|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/vongfong-2014.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2015 | {{nts|August 8|0808}} | data-sort-value="Soudelor" | Typhoon Soudelor | Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 typhoon | {{convert|952.8|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Anthony van Dyck | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Soudelor 2015: Mountain Mischief|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/soudelor-2015.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2015 | {{nts|August 23|0823}} | data-sort-value="Goni" | Typhoon Goni | Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 typhoon | {{convert|944.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Goni 2015: Island Roulette Jackpot!|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/goni-2015.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2015 | {{nts|September 28|0928}} | data-sort-value="Dujuan" | Typhoon Dujuan | Su'ao, Yilan County, Taiwan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 typhoon | {{convert|958.3|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Dujuan 2015: Eye Obsession|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/dujuan-2015.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2015 | {{nts|October 23|1023}} | data-sort-value="Patricia" | Hurricane Patricia | Emiliano Zapata, Jalisco, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 hurricane | {{convert|937.8|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Erik Sereno | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Patricia 2015: Cruel Queen of the East Pacific|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/patricia/iCyclone%20Chase%20Report%20-%20PATRICIA%202015.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2016 | {{nts|July 8|0708}} | data-sort-value="Nepartak" | Typhoon Nepartak | Taitung City, Taitung County, Taiwan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 typhoon | {{convert|957.7|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Nepartak 2016: Taiwan Typhoon Trickery|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/nepartak-2016.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2016 | {{nts|August 3–4|0803}} | data-sort-value="Earl" | Hurricane Earl | Belize City, Belize District, Belize | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|982.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Earl 2016: The Caribbean Sea Annexes a City|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/earl/iCyclone%20Chase%20Report%20-%20EARL%202016.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2016 | {{nts|September 1–2|0902}} | data-sort-value="Hermine" | Hurricane Hermine | Hampton Springs, Florida, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|986.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Hermine 2016: Penetrate & Conquer|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/hermine-2016.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2016 | {{nts|September 5–6|0904}} | data-sort-value="Newton" | Hurricane Newton | Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|984.3|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Newton 2016: Sudden Sequel|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/newton/iCyclone%20Chase%20Report%20-%20NEWTON%202016.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2016 | {{nts|September 27|0927}} | data-sort-value="Megi" | Typhoon Megi | Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 typhoon | {{convert|949.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Anthony van Dyck | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Megi 2016: Mad Dash North|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/megi-2016.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2016 | {{nts|October 6|1006}} | data-sort-value="Matthew" | Hurricane Matthew | Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 hurricane | {{convert|977.8|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Outside eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Matthew 2016: A Close & Painful Miss|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/matthew-2016.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2016 | {{nts|October 19–20|1019}} | data-sort-value="Haima" | Typhoon Haima | Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 typhoon | {{convert|942.0|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Haima 2016: Where There's a Will, There's a Way|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/haima-2016.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2017 | {{nts|March 28–29|0328}} | data-sort-value="Debbie" | Cyclone Debbie | Gregory River, Queensland, Australia | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 cyclone | {{convert|958.7|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Debbie 2017: Dangerous First Journey to Oz|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/debbie-2017.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2017 | {{nts|August 6|0806}} | data-sort-value="Noru" | Typhoon Noru | Toi, Miyazaki, Japan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 typhoon | {{convert|977.1|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Noru 2017: Victory by a Hair|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/noru-2017.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2017 | {{nts|August 9–10|0809}} | data-sort-value="Franklin" | Hurricane Franklin | Vega de Alatorre, Veracruz, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|990.4|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Franklin 2017: Running on Empty— But Hitting the Bullseye|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/franklin/iCyclone_Chase_Report_FRANKLIN2017.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2017 | {{nts|August 25–26|0825}} | data-sort-value="Harvey" | Hurricane Harvey | Rockport, Texas, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 hurricane | {{convert|940.8|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Harvey 2017: Chaserdude's Fantasy Storm|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/harvey/iCyclone_Chase_Report_HARVEY2017.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2017 | {{nts|September 10|0910}} | data-sort-value="Irma" | Hurricane Irma | Naples, Florida, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 hurricane | {{convert|940.0|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Irma 2017: Explosive Halfcane|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/irma-2017.html}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2017 | {{nts|September 20|0920}} | data-sort-value="Maria" | Hurricane Maria | Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 hurricane | {{convert|929.4|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Maria 2017: At the Coast, in the Right-Front Quad|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/maria/iCyclone_Chase_Report_v2_MARIA2017.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2017 | {{nts|October 7–8|1007}} | data-sort-value="Nate" | Hurricane Nate | Ocean Springs, Mississippi, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|985.5|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Nate 2017: Late-Season Surprise Rush Job|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/nate/iCyclone_Chase_Report_NATE2017.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2017 | {{nts|October 22–23|1022}} | data-sort-value="Lan" | Typhoon Lan | Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 typhoon | {{convert|952.8|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Lan 2017: Honshu Express|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/lan-2017.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2018 | {{nts|August 21|0821}} | data-sort-value="Soulik" | Typhoon Soulik | Kasaricho Oaza Yo, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 typhoon | {{N/A}} | Eyewall | Caroline Menzies | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Soulik 2018: Snatching Victory from Jaws of Defeat|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/soulik-2018.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2018 | {{nts|August 23|0823}} | data-sort-value="Cimaron" | Typhoon Cimaron | Muroto, Kōchi, Japan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 typhoon | {{convert|973.7|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Caroline Menzies | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Cimaron 2018: Sexy Second Act|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/cimaron-2018.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2018 | {{nts|September 4|0904}} | data-sort-value="Jebi" | Typhoon Jebi | Mihama, Wakayama, Japan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 typhoon | {{convert|967.1|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Oli Sloane | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Jebi 2018 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/jebi-2018 |access-date=September 30, 2025 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2018 | {{nts|September 15|0915}} | data-sort-value="Mangkhut" | Typhoon Mangkhut | Buguey, Cagayan, Philippines | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat5}}" align="center" data-sort-value="6" | Category 5 super typhoon | {{convert|942.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Oli Sloane | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Mangkhut 2018: Playing with Cat-5 Fire|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/mangkhut/iCyclone_Chase_Report_MANGKHUT2018.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2018 | {{nts|October 10|1010}} | data-sort-value="Michael" | Hurricane Michael | Callaway, Florida, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat5}}" align="center" data-sort-value="6" | Category 5 hurricane | {{convert|923.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Oli Sloane, Matt Delaloye | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Michael 2018: Great American Hurricane|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/michael/iCyclone_Chase_Report_MICHAEL2018.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2018 | {{nts|October 23|1023}} | data-sort-value="Willa" | Hurricane Willa | Palmito del Verde, Sinaloa, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 hurricane | {{convert|968.0|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Erik Sereno, Caroline Menzies | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Willa 2018: Mad Dash into the Bullseye|url=http://www.icyclone.com/upload/chases/willa/iCyclone_Chase_Report_WILLA2018.pdf}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2018 | {{nts|October 30|1030}} | data-sort-value="Yutu" | Typhoon Yutu | Dilasag, Aurora, Philippines | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 typhoon | {{convert|960.4|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Caroline Menzies, James Levelle | <ref>{{cite web|publisher=iCyclone|year=2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Yutu 2018: Luzon Left Hook|url=http://www.icyclone.com/chases/yutu-2018.html |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh }}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2019 | {{nts|September 1|0901}} | data-sort-value="Dorian" | Hurricane Dorian | Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat5}}" align="center" data-sort-value="6" | Category 5 hurricane | {{convert|913.4|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref name="DorianP" /> |- | scope="row" | 2019 | {{nts|October 12–13|1012}} | data-sort-value="Hagibis" | Typhoon Hagibis | Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 typhoon | {{convert|958.5|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=October 13, 2019|accessdate=October 13, 2019|number=1183270300445597696|title=Summary of my #Typhoon #HAGIBIS chase. Went through eye. Min pressure & timing (958.5 mb at 6:40 pm) correspond well with nearby station data & JMA track. Not one for the ages—but on a side note, this marks 48th hurricane/typhoon eyewall I've penetrated (or at least touched).}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2019 | {{nts|December 2–3|1202}} | data-sort-value="Kammuri" | Typhoon Kammuri | Legazpi, Albay, Philippines | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 typhoon | {{convert|962.9|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=December 3, 2019|accessdate=December 4, 2019|number=1201869291525591040|title=My data from going through eye of Cat-4 #Typhoon #KAMMURI in #Legazpi City. I had 3 devices: min pressures were 961.9, 962.9, & 963.3 mb; I'm using middle value as my "official" minimum. Not as low as I'd expect from WPAC cyclone, but storm was plenty violent & "felt" like Cat 4.}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2020 | {{nts|July 25|0725}} | data-sort-value="Hanna" | Hurricane Hanna | Port Mansfield, Texas, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{N/A}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=July 25, 2020|accessdate=July 25, 2020|number=1287161977719140353|title=6 pm. In the eye of #Hurricane #HANNA in Port Mansfield #Texas.}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2020 | {{nts|August 3-4|0725}} | data-sort-value="Isaias" | Hurricane Isaias | Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|990.3|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=August 3, 2020|accessdate=August 3, 2020|number=1290488965649149957|title=11:15 pm. Still in eye in Ocean Isle Beach #NorthCarolina, almost right smack at official 11 pm position (33.8N 78.5W). Bullseye. 990.3 mb was lowest I got (assuming elevation is correct), although it's possible I missed lowest. Slowly rising now. Still calm. #Hurricane #ISAIAS.}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2020 | {{nts|August 26-27|0826}} | data-sort-value="Laura" | Hurricane Laura | Sulphur, Louisiana, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 hurricane | {{convert|948.0|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=August 27, 2020|accessdate=August 27, 2020|number=1299083901604855810|title=Got to Orange to retrieve my @KestrelWeather meter there. It had min pressure of 974.9 mb at 2:23 am. I had 948.0 mb in Sulphur about same time (2:39 am)—difference of ~27 mb across ~21 n mi. A steep gradient—not insane, but steep. Need to dig more into data. #Hurricane #LAURA}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2020 | {{nts|September 15-16|0915}} | data-sort-value="Sally" | Hurricane Sally | Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 hurricane | {{convert|968.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=September 17, 2020|accessdate=September 17, 2020|number=1306510810416582656|title=My data/obs from #Hurricane #SALLY in Gulf Shores #Alabama. Device was in controlled environment (hotel) ~1 n mi from me. Most notable: wild air-pressure fluctuations in fierce front eyewall & volatile boundary zone between eyewall & eye. Apparent mesovortex action. Sexy data.)}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2020 | {{nts|October 6-7|1006}} | rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Delta" | Hurricane Delta | Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" rowspan="2" | Category 2 hurricane |{{N/A}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=October 7, 2020|accessdate=October 7, 2020|number=1313809282756829185|title=6:50 am. Yeah, that was the eye. The storm is starting up again. Here we go... #Hurricane #DELTA in #Cancun #Mexico}}</ref> |- | {{nts|October 9|1009}} | Estherwood, Louisiana, United States | {{convert|975.9|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=October 9, 2020|accessdate=October 9, 2020|number=1314741350269677569|title=8:30 pm. Light, cool breeze. Scent of cut wood (a hurricane smell). Townspeople poking outside with flashlights, looking at the damage. In the eye of #Hurricane #DELTA in Estherwood #Louisiana. P.S. Min pressure was 975.9 mb at 8:02 pm. Seems to be rising now.}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2020 | {{nts|October 26-27|1026}} | rowspan="2" data-sort-value="2" | Hurricane Zeta | Akumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|979.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=October 26, 2020|accessdate=October 27, 2020|number=1320940793893441536|title=11:07 pm. Pressure's inching up & it's starting to rain again in Akumal. My min value was 979.2 mb, just before 11 pm. Chasing #Hurricane #ZETA in #Mexico}}</ref> |- | {{nts|October 28|1028}} | Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 hurricane | {{convert|979.6|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=October 28, 2020|accessdate=October 29, 2020|number=1321669614494011394|title=My minimum pressure at #HurricaneHouse in Bay St. Louis #Mississippi was 979.6 mb at 7:34 pm. This was when the intense right eyewall was pounding the town with its max winds (radar shot is from 2 mins earlier). Eye stayed just W of town, so we never had calm here. #ZETA}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2021 | {{nts|August 16|0816}} | data-sort-value="Fred" | Tropical Storm Fred | Apalachicola, Florida, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|storm}}" align="center" data-sort-value="1" | Tropical storm | {{N/A}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=August 16, 2021|accessdate=August 29, 2021|number=1427348825388290061|title=2:15 pm. Driving through "eye" en route to Apalachicola #Florida. Sky brighter, rain has stopped. #FRED}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" scope="row" | 2021 | {{nts|August 19|0819}} | rowspan="2" data-sort-value="Grace" | Hurricane Grace | Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane | {{convert|978.4|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Erik Sereno | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=August 19, 2021|accessdate=August 29, 2021|number=1428332562125004801|title=5:15 am. Still calm. Quiet. Howling far in the distance. Can see outline of eyewall in night sky. 978.4 mb a few minutes ago; seems to be rising now. #Hurricane #GRACE in Tulum #Mexico}}</ref> |- | {{nts|August 20–21|0820}} | La Guadalupe/El Encanto, Veracruz, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 hurricane | {{convert|981.4|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Erik Sereno | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=August 21, 2021|accessdate=August 29, 2021|number=1428950714227707907|title=12:17 am. @esereno & I are on the road, halfway between the coast & Gutierrez Zamora, in the dirty part of the eye. Lots of turbulence. Exact coordinates right now (& at the time of this radar shot): 20.4046N 97.0020W}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morgerman |first=Josh |title=iCyclone Chase Report: GRACE 2021 |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66a0156ce2c62a2978dd623d/t/66b7bf07c8180c34e90099d8/1723318026794/iCyclone_Chase_Report_GRACE2021.pdf |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=Squarespace}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2021 | {{nts|August 29|0829}} | data-sort-value="Ida" | Hurricane Ida | Houma, Louisiana, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 hurricane | {{convert|966.6|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Eyewall | Chris Jackson | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=August 29, 2021|accessdate=August 29, 2021|number=1432107914664325120|title=5:20 pm. Wild changes in wind direction with explosive gusts. Ears popping. Debris hitting car from every direction. Seems to be mesovortex action. Some light patches in sky, but we don't think we're near eye. Need to relocate fast. 966.6 mb. #Hurricane #IDA in Houma #Louisiana}}</ref> |- | scope="row" | 2021 | {{nts|September 9|0909}} | data-sort-value="Olaf" | Hurricane Olaf | San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 hurricane | {{convert|976.7|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{cite tweet|user=iCyclone|author=Josh Morgerman|date=September 9, 2021|accessdate=September 9, 2021|number=1436162862930489355|title=9 pm. Bam! Nailed the eye. Harder chase than I expected. Min pressure 976.7 mb, & it seems to be edging back up. Gorgeous calm. Red heart #Hurricane #OLAF in San Jose del Cabo #Mexico}}</ref> |- |2021 |{{nts|October 13|1013}} |Hurricane Pamela |Mármol de Salcido, Sinaloa, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane |{{convert|990.8|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} |Inside eye |Erik Sereno |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morgerman |first=Josh |title=iCyclone Chase Report Pamela |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66a0156ce2c62a2978dd623d/t/66b7ba450610407e262e582b/1723316806779/iCyclone_Chase_Report_PAMELA2021.pdf |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=Squarespace}}</ref> |- |2021 |{{nts|October 25|1025}} |Hurricane Rick |Ixtapa, Guerrero, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 hurricane |{{convert|1001.5|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} |Eyewall |Nicola Rustichelli |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morgerman |first=Josh |title=iCyclone Chase Report: RICK 2021 |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66a0156ce2c62a2978dd623d/t/66b7b80e16d8f4347dc568ec/1723316239386/iCyclone_Chase_Report_RICK2021.pdf |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=Squarespace}}</ref> |- |2022 |{{nts|May 30|0530}} |Hurricane Agatha |Mazunte, Oaxaca, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 hurricane | {{convert|978.9|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} |Eyewall |Erik Sereno |<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://twitter.com/icyclone/status/1533568865388490753 |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=Twitter |title=Here's the pressure trace by itself |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agatha 2022 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/agatha-2022 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2022 |{{nts|September 19|0919}} | rowspan="2" |Hurricane Fiona |Boca de Yuma, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane |{{convert|979.9|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Solo |<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1571672534289973248|user=iCyclone|title=9:24 pm. In Boca de Yuma. Last stop. Can't get further S. Chase ends here. #FIONA will go where it may.|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-09-18|access-date=2022-09-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1571757657391857666|user=iCyclone|title=3:06 am. I keep thinking I'm definitely clear in the eye, then BOOM! Big, scary gusts. Almost…. (979.9 mb.) #FIONA|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-09-19|access-date=2022-09-22}}</ref> |- |{{nts|September 24|0924}} |Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|post-tropical}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 post-tropical cyclone |{{convert|937.3|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} |Center |Solo |<ref name=glacebay>{{Cite tweet|number=1573594902285492225|user=iCyclone|title=5:45 am. Full-on hurricane in Glace Bay. Maybe the strongest winds of the storm. Very little, if any, precip. Getting colder, too. ~951 mb (not a quality-controlled reading). Chasing #FIONA in #NovaScotia|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-09-24|access-date=2022-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1573856864776949760|user=iCyclone|title=10 lowest pressures I've personally recorded in cyclones, updated with new No. 4 #FIONA. Notice it *just* edged out mighty PATRICIA. But of the two, PATRICIA was way more intense: its tiny core meant *extreme* pressure gradients & much stronger winds than anything FIONA produced.|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-09-24|access-date=2022-09-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiona 2022 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/fiona-2022 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2022 |{{nts|September 28|0928}} | rowspan="2" |Hurricane Ian | Punta Gorda, Florida, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 hurricane |{{convert|951.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} | Inside eye | Erik Fox | <ref name=glacebay/><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1575234440279752715|user=iCyclone|title=Radar from 4:51 pm, at the moment of maximum eye penetration. It's 5:21 pm & we're still in it. Almost dead calm now in Punta Gorda. #Hurricane #IAN|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-09-28|access-date=2022-09-28}}</ref> |- |{{nts|September 30|0930}} |McClellanville/Georgetown/Garden City, South Carolina, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane |{{convert|979|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Erik Fox |<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1575926270436802560|user=iCyclone|title=3 pm. The historical district of Georgetown is totally under water. Storm surge from #Hurricane #IAN in #SouthCarolina.|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-09-30|access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1575941790875914240|user=iCyclone|title=3:50 pm in Garden City Beach. The eye followed us up the coast, so we're once again in the exact center. Calm. Some brightening of the sky. 979 mb. Chasing #Hurricane #IAN in #SouthCarolina|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-09-30|access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ian 2022 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/ian-2022 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2022 |{{nts|October 3|1003}} |Hurricane Orlene |Caimanero, Sinaloa, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane |{{convert|991.3|mbar|inHg|abbr=on|sortable=on}} |Inside eye |Erik Sereno |<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1577059773790314496|user=iCyclone|title=Another look from inside #Hurricane #ORLENE's eye. Shot in #Sinaloa #Mexico this morning. (Narration is hard to hear but visuals are cool..) Did not expect so much architecture in this thing. Since folks have asked: ORLENE if my 64th hurricane eyewall & 44th eye.|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-10-03|access-date=2022-10-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Orlene 2022 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/orlene-2022 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2022 |{{nts|October 23|1023}} |Hurricane Roslyn |Santa Cruz, Nayarit, Mexico |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align=center data-sort-value="4"| Category 3 hurricane |{{convert|962.4|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Erik Sereno |<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1584283835344486400|user=iCyclone|title=*Wild* pressure drops, at one point 4 or 5 mb in maybe 45 seconds. Few minutes of calm ~5:30 am; min pressure 962.4 mb. Then winds did perfect 180 & felt stronger than before. Sounds of train passing; building heaving. Pressure rose 30 mb in 30 mins. Storm over by 6:15 am. 2/3|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-10-23|access-date=2022-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Roslyn 2022 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/roslyn-2022 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2022 |{{nts|November 2|1102}} |Hurricane Lisa |Belize City, Belize District, Belize |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane |{{convert|986.9|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Solo |<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1587920269917581312|user=iCyclone|title=3:25 pm. In #Hurricane #LISA's eye in Belize City. Not a clean eye—still windy & turbulent. Eyewall No. 66, eye No. 46.|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-11-02|access-date=2022-11-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1588016772229251072|user=iCyclone|title=9:30 pm. Storm surge has sucked back out into Caribbean & I was able to return to hotel. I had 3 Kestrels collecting data—room flooded but they were placed high enough to avoid water—& they all had readings lower than NHC's 990 mb. Lowest: 986.9 mb at 3:34 pm, in the eye. #LISA|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-11-03|access-date=2022-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lisa 2022 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/lisa-2022 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2022 |{{nts|November 9-10|1109}} |Hurricane Nicole |Stuart/Jensen Beach/Vero Beach, Florida, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane |{{convert|985.6|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Kevin Conrad |<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1590621842997276673|user=iCyclone|title=Bam! In #Hurricane #NICOLE's eye in Vero Beach #Florida at 3:04 am.|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-11-10|access-date=2022-11-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1590953260751339520|user=iCyclone|title=Had 2 @KestrelWeather meters collecting data in Stuart #Florida during #Hurricane #NICOLE. Min pressure: 985.6 mb at 1:50 am, as S edge of eye brushed this location. I sadly didn't have device with me in center of eye in Vero Beach, where pressure was no doubt lower.|author=Josh Morgerman|date=2022-11-11|access-date=2022-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicole 2022 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/nicole-2022 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2023 |{{nts|August 30|0830}} |Hurricane Idalia |Perry/Athena, Florida, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align=center data-sort-value="4"| Category 3 hurricane |{{convert|954.7|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Erik Fox, Parker Sigg |<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1697702566249796022|user=iCyclone|title=My data from #Hurricane #IDALIA. This @KestrelWeather meter was in fixed location in hotel in Perry. Notice pressure drop was smooth but then got *wild* as center passed nearby. Min 954.7 mb occurred as eye brushed city. (System malfunctioned at 8:44—that's why trace ends.) 1/3|first=Josh|last=Morgerman|date=2023-09-01|access-date=2023-09-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Idalia 2023 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/idalia-2023 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2023 |{{nts|September 23|0923}} |Tropical Storm Ophelia |Atlantic Beach/New Bern, North Carolina, United States | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|storm}}" align="center" data-sort-value="1" | Tropical storm | {{N/A}} |Inside eye |Solo |<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1705604986325848468|user=iCyclone|title=Hey from Atlantic Beach #NorthCarolina. This wasn't a real chase, because #OPHELIA wasn't a hurricane. I was covering it for @WeatherNation. Workin' man's gotta work it sometimes.|first=Josh|last=Morgerman|date=2023-09-23|access-date=2023-09-30}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite tweet|number=1705567695708606495|user=WeatherNation|title=#Ophelia has made landfall in North Carolina this morning and our field crews were there. @iCyclone has the latest from New Bern #NCwx|author=WeatherNation TV|date=2023-09-23|access-date=2023-09-30}}</ref> |- |2023 |{{nts|October 5|1005}} |Typhoon Koinu |Kenting National Park, Pingtung County, Taiwan | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align=center data-sort-value="5"| Category 4 typhoon | {{N/A}} |Inside eye |Anthony van Dyck |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Koinu 2023 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/koinu-2023 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2023 |{{nts|October 10|1010}} |Hurricane Lidia |El Habal, Jalisco, Mexico | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align=center data-sort-value="5"| Category 4 hurricane |{{N/A}} |Eyewall |Erik Sereno |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lidia 2023 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/lidia-2023 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2024 |{{nts|July 4|0705}} | rowspan="2" |Hurricane Beryl |Akumal/Puerto Aventuras, Quintana Roo, Mexico |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align=center data-sort-value="2" rowspan="2" | Category 1 hurricane |{{convert|988.5|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Erik Sereno |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1809001529955004581 |user=iCyclone |title=.@esereno & I doing some last-minute location scouting N of Tulum before nightfall. These gorgeous beaches have seen many legendary hurricanes. #Hurricane #BERYL #Mexico |author=Josh Morgerman |date=2024-07-04 |access-date=2024-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1809171321735278612 |user=iCyclone |title=5:22 am. Calming down in Akumal. Seems like we're getting in the eye. If scrambled eggs can have an eye. #Hurricane #BERYL #Mexico |author=Josh Morgerman |date=2024-07-05 |access-date=2024-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1809182480567521464 |user=iCyclone |title=5:58 am. In the eye in Puerto Aventuras. No rain but extremely turbulent. Trees and power lines down. Sounds of wood cracking. Heading N, about to go back into the N eyewall (or what's left of it). #Hurricane #BERYL #Mexico |author=Josh Morgerman |date=2024-07-05 |access-date=2024-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh |title=iCyclone Chase Report: BERYL 2024 |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66a0156ce2c62a2978dd623d/t/67712b55b639b10862acbbe0/1735469915679/iCyclone_Chase_Report_BERYL2024.pdf |website=iCyclone |access-date=June 18, 2025}}</ref> |- |{{nts|July 8|0708}} |Matagorda, Texas, United States |{{convert|980.1|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Erik Fox |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1810228968856965547 |user=iCyclone |title=3:15 am. Gorgeous calm in Matagorda #Texas. Deep in eye of #Hurricane #BERYL. 982 mb. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=2024-07-08 |access-date=2024-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1810243992203739311 |user=iCyclone |title=Right in the exact center of #Hurricane #BERYL's eye. Great chase, @erikfox2000. We always make a great team. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=2024-07-08 |access-date=2024-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Beryl 2024 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/beryl-2024 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh |title=iCyclone Chase Report: BERYL 2024 |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66a0156ce2c62a2978dd623d/t/67712b55b639b10862acbbe0/1735469915679/iCyclone_Chase_Report_BERYL2024.pdf |website=iCyclone |access-date=June 18, 2025}}</ref> |- |2024 |{{nts|August 5|0805}} |Hurricane Debby |Steinhatchee, Florida, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane |{{convert|982.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Solo |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1820413190489969014 |user=iCyclone |title=Hurricane eyewall No. 72, eye No. 51. #DEBBY in Steinhatchee #Florida |author=Josh Morgerman |date=August 5, 2024 |access-date=August 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1820417489865498677 |user=iCyclone |title=Min pressure I measured in Steinhatchee—#Hurricane #DEBBY's landfall point—was 982.2 mb at 6:40 am. That's a couple millibars higher than what the NHC had—but close. Pressure rising now. Still in the eye—still cloudy & breezy. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=August 5, 2024 |access-date=August 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Debby 2024 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases1/debby-2024 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2024 |{{nts|August 17|0817}} |Hurricane Ernesto |Paget Parish, Bermuda |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 hurricane |{{convert|975.2|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Solo |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1824778602770252038 |user=iCyclone |title=8:55 am. Dozed off in the eye. My min pressure here in Paget Parish, near the landfall point: 975.2 mb at 5:43 am. Radar says eye has moved on & now we're in the backside, but it's mild: gusty winds with moderate rain. #Hurricane #ERNESTO in #Bermuda |author=Josh Morgerman |date=August 17, 2024 |access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ernesto 2024 – iCyclone |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases2/ernesto-2024 |access-date=August 21, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2024 |{{nts|August 28-29|0828}} |Typhoon Shanshan |Makurazaki, Kagoshima, Japan |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align="center" data-sort-value="3" | Category 2 typhoon |{{convert|966|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |James Reynolds |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1828861344713470182 |user=iCyclone |title=3:10 am. Calming down in Makurazaki. Entering the eye of #Typhoon #SHANSHAN after two hours of *ferocious* winds. We got thoroughly right-front quadded by this beast. Surprisingly severe. 966 mb. Video later. @EarthUncutTV |first=Josh |last=Morgerman |author= |date=August 28, 2024 |access-date=August 28, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shanshan 2024 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases2/shanshan-2024 |access-date=August 28, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2024 |{{nts|September 11|0911}} |Hurricane Francine |Chauvin/Houma, Louisiana, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat2}}" align=center data-sort-value="3"| Category 2 hurricane |{{convert|978.7|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Erik Fox |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1834015456262586426 |user=iCyclone |title=6:25 pm. In the eye of #Hurricane #FRANCINE in Houma #Louisiana. A very dirty, turbulent eye. The shear seems to have distorted the cyclone's structure, leaving something odd: a Picasso-like deconstruction of a hurricane. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=September 11, 2024 |access-date=September 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Francine 2024 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases2/francine-2024 |access-date=September 11, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1834535774340915438 |user=iCyclone |title=During my #FRANCINE chase, I planted @KestrelWeather meters in hotel in Morgan City, riverboat casino in Amelia, & cafe patio in Houma. Chase Map shows storm's track, path of our chase through #hurricane's core, & min pressure at each spot. Lowest: 978.7 mb at 6:43 pm in Amelia. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=September 13, 2024 |access-date=September 13, 2024}}</ref> |- |2024 |{{nts|September 26-27|0926}} |Hurricane Helene |Perry/Hampton Springs, Florida, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 hurricane |{{convert|947|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Erik Fox |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1839520369893384671 |user=iCyclone |title=11:28 pm. In the eye of #Hurricane #HELENE in Perry #Florida. 947 mb & dropping still. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=September 26, 2024 |access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Helene 2024 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases2/helene-2024 |access-date=September 28, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2024 |{{nts|October 3|1003}} |Typhoon Krathon |Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat1}}" align="center" data-sort-value="2" | Category 1 typhoon |{{convert|977.8|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Solo |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1841702215448199190 |user=iCyclone |title=12:45 pm. In the eye of #Typhoon #KRATHON on Cijin Island in #Taiwan. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=October 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1841736857610068051 |user=iCyclone |title=Just retrieved my @KestrelWeather DROP D3, which I'd left in safe place near shipyard, within ~1 mi of where I rode out storm. Min pressure: 977.8mb at 12:49 pm, while Cijin Island was in #Typhoon #KRATHON's eye. Not terribly low. But wind reports are high. Postanalysis needed. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=October 3, 2024 |access-date=October 3, 2024}}</ref> |- |2024 |{{nts|October 9|1009}} |Hurricane Milton |Sarasota, Florida, United States |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 hurricane |{{convert|959.7|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Erik Fox |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1844176913952288791 |user=iCyclone |title=8:35 pm. In the eye of #Hurricane #MILTON in Downtown Sarasota. A dead-calm eye. Dead. Calm. Pretty tripping. Destructive winds will soon return with the hurricane's backside. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=October 9, 2024 |access-date=October 11, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Milton 2024 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases2/milton-2024 |access-date=October 11, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Morgerman |first1=Josh |title=iCyclone Chase Report: MILTON |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66a0156ce2c62a2978dd623d/t/6767f36395d51430b52d8d5e/1734865768680/iCyclone_Chase_Report_MILTON2024.pdf |website=iCyclone |access-date=June 18, 2025}}</ref> |- |2024 |{{nts|October 31|1031}} |Typhoon Kong-rey |Donghe, Taitung, Taiwan |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 typhoon |{{N/A}} |Inside eye |Solo |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1851856617073258762 |user=iCyclone |title=1:15 pm. The eye of #Typhoon #KONGREY in Donghe #Taiwan. Almost dead calm. Sun almost revealed itself, but was just a li'l too shy... |author=Josh Morgerman |date=October 31, 2024 |access-date=November 2, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kong-rey 2024 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases2/kongrey-2024 |access-date=November 8, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2024 |{{nts|November 17|1117}} |Typhoon Man-yi |Borlongan, Aurora, Philippines |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat4}}" align="center" data-sort-value="5" | Category 4 typhoon |{{convert|951.8|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Solo |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1858371958104338812 |user=iCyclone |title=I'm alive. Violent, scary typhoon. Rode it out in tiny Borlongan Beach. Went right through the eye. Did not know at the time that #MANYI had been re-upgraded to a super typhoon just before landfall, but it makes sense. Most ferocious storm I've witnessed in 5 years. More later. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=November 17, 2024 |access-date=November 18, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Man-Yi 2024 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases2/manyi-2024 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=iCyclone}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1859942480868684039 |user=iCyclone |title=My data from Super Typhoon #MANYI (#PepitoPH) in Philippines. This location was the landfall point—went right through the eye. Min 951.8 mb is higher than I expected—however, as I always say, what matters isn't absolute pressure but *gradient*, & MANY-YI's core had one of the steepest gradients I've measured: 7.6 mb/n mi, sampled in the back eyewall. That's up there with other great cyclones I've measured, & it explains why it was so violent. MAN-YI's core was quite compact—despite its large appearance on satellite imagery, extreme winds were confined relatively close to the center—& ambient pressures were rather high. Compare MAN-YI's peak gradient to what I've measured in other recent storms. HELENE's 3.2 & MILTON's 2.9 are much flatter gradients, & these values perhaps explain why winds in those storms didn't have the explosive edge MAN-YI's winds had. |author=Josh Morgerman}}</ref> |- |2025 |{{nts|June 19|0619}} |Hurricane Erick |San José Estancia Grande, Oaxaca, Mexico |bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 hurricane |{{convert|975.7|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Eyewall |Solo |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1935644315994464368 |user=iCyclone |title=4:15 am. In the heart of San Jose Estancia Grande (16.36N 98.25W), very close to #Hurricane #ERICK's core. Heavy rain but very little wind. The mountains are playing games with the surface circulation. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=June 19, 2025 |access-date=June 20, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1936150711777345632 |user=iCyclone |title=Safe. And thankful. I was expecting a dud, so I didn't take #Hurricane #ERICK seriously. Big mistake. My location (San Jose Estancia Grande) got full-on "right-front-quadded"—meaning it got blasted by the hurricane's worst. It struck with bizarre suddenness just before dawn, with almost no buildup: the wind increased from gentle breeze to shocking violence in just a few minutes. It happened so fast I didn't have time to seek proper shelter once I realized how serious it was—so I rode it out pressed against the town's main municipal building, curled up in a ball, clutching a plastic picnic table as a shield (which the wind twice tore from my grasp). The air was filled with flying wreckage, and the sound of it smashing into cars and buildings was bone-rattling. Every hurricane has a personality: ERICK was loud, angry, mean, and fast. It only lasted about an hour, but in that short time, it transformed the town: almost every house unroofed, trees defoliated, twisted metal stuck in the branches, residents shellshocked. Afterward, I spent the day in the town (roads were all blocked), making friends and trying to be helpful in small ways. Night was pitch black, dead still, and alive with tropical wildlife sounds. I slept in the car—the deep, magical sleep a chaserdude has after a punishing chase—then started the long drive back to Puerto Escondido before dawn. I'll post footage, pics, data, and analysis soon, but wanted y'all to know I'm OK. #Oaxaca #Mexico |author=Josh Morgerman |date=June 20, 2025 |access-date=June 20, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1937852188543336516 |user=iCyclone |title=Here are my pressure data from #Hurricane #ERICK in Oaxaca #Mexico. This location (San Jose Estancia Grande) got raked by the right-front quadrant of the eyewall but just missed the eye—I'm estimating by probably 3-4 miles. The device—a Kestrel Meter 5500—was at ground level underneath a concrete gazebo near the town center, and it was calibrated for sea-level pressure using a reference elevation of 236 ft (72 m), derived by geographer James Hyde. The device was fairly protected, so I'm not sure what caused the obvious data irregularities from ~6:11 to 6:52 am. (I know the readings during that time are off because a second device I was carrying with me during the storm showed the pressure breaking 1000 mb during this time.) My pressure data along with my ground observations suggest ERICK had a small, violent, tightly-wound core. My video footage shows only a gentle breeze at 5:18 am increasing to a full-on hurricane by 5:24 am—perhaps the fastest onset of hurricane winds I've seen. (The rapid pressure drop starting around 5 am hinted that something very nasty was on the way.) The pressure drop was especially fast around the time of the most destructive winds—up to 8 mb in 5 minutes (5:32 to 5:37 am) and over 3 mb in 1 minute (5:38 to 5:39 am). I assigned arrival and exit times for the eyewall based on my footage. The arrival time was very distinct—you can see in the footage exactly when it happens—whereas the exit from the backside was a little more gradual. But bottom line: the hurricane only lasted about an hour at this location. All of the destruction happened in this short time. I usually only calculate gradient when I sample a hurricane's center, so I'm hesitant to go through this exercise for ERICK. That said, a quick review of the data suggest gradients over a whopping 10 mb/n mi (assuming a storm forward speed of 8 knots/9 mph/15 km/h), which would put ERICK up there with PATRICIA and beyond greats like MARIA and MICHAEL. It's really too bad I didn't penetrate ERICK's eye, because the gradient in that final mile of inner eyewall must have been nuts. But, hey, I gave this chase my all and I consider it a success. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=June 25, 2025 |access-date=June 27, 2025}}</ref> |- |2025 |{{nts|September 24|0924}} |Typhoon Ragasa |Jiangcheng, Yangjiang, China | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 typhoon | {{convert|959|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} |Inside eye |Solo |<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1970838221933437098 |user=iCyclone |title=In bed, recovering from a brutal chase. My 82nd core penetration did not come easy, but it did come. Got into #Typhoon #RAGASA's eye on Hailing Island #China around 6 pm. Storm was decaying but violent. Eyewall was gusty, explosive, micobursty. Lots of damage to hotel & trees. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=September 24, 2025 |access-date=September 24, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1974855027106758940 |user=iCyclone |title=My data from #Typhoon #RAGASA's landfall in China. I was on Hailing Island, which the eye passed over. Notice the three agency tracks are not exactly the same—there are some minor discrepancies, which happens when a system's radar presentation starts to degrade. Observations: |first=Josh |last=Morgerman |date=October 5, 2025 |access-date=October 6, 2025}}</ref> |- |2025 |{{nts|October 28|1028}} |Hurricane Melissa |Crawford, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat5}}" align="center" data-sort-value="6" | Category 5 hurricane | {{convert|926|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} | Inside eye | Solo | <ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1983730201860206979 |user=iCyclone |title=Man. #Hurricane #MELISSA. Incredible power. Perhaps the mightiest hurricane of the 83 I've witnessed. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=October 29, 2025 |access-date=October 29, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1990510838663336169 |user=iCyclone |title=And here's my report on #Hurricane #MELISSA in #Jamaica. Please note this is purely meteorological & it's quite technical—so casual readers focused on the human impact won't find it interesting. Meteorologists & weather nerds, on the other hand, will find this rare look deep inside the core of one of the strongest known hurricane landfalls fascinating. Main points: |first=Josh |last=Morgerman |author= |date=November 17, 2025 |access-date=November 17, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morgerman |first=Josh |date=November 17, 2025 |title=iCyclone Chase Report: Melissa 2025 |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/66a0156ce2c62a2978dd623d/t/691b76cb4e9034016815bc0e/1763407563819/iCyclone_Chase_Report_MELISSA2025.pdf |access-date=November 17, 2025 |website=iCyclone}}</ref> |- |2025 |{{nts|November 9|1109}} |Typhoon Fung-wong |Baler, Aurora, Philippines | bgcolor="#{{Storm colour|cat3}}" align="center" data-sort-value="4" | Category 3 typhoon | {{N/a}} | Eyewall | Solo | <ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1987519255697383601 |user=iCyclone |title=#Typhoon #FUNGWONG in Baler #Philippines. We’re in the left eyewall & strongest winds have been blowing offshore. |author=Josh Morgerman |date=November 9, 2025 |access-date=November 9, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fung-Wong 2025 |url=https://www.icyclone.com/chases2/fungwong-2025 |website=iCyclone |access-date=November 9, 2025}}</ref> |} {{Map of Josh Morgerman's cyclone chases}}
===Typhoon Haiyan (2013)=== {{see also|Typhoon Haiyan}} On November 7, 2013, Morgerman flew with fellow chasers James Reynolds and Mark Thomas to Tacloban City in the Philippines to intercept one of the most powerful typhoons in the 21st century: Typhoon Haiyan.
They initially planned to ride out the storm south of the city, where the eye would ultimately make landfall; however, owing to a lack of sturdy shelters they opted to stay in Tacloban itself.<ref name="WaPo2013" /> They set up at a four-story concrete hotel about {{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=on}} above sea level.<ref name="WaPo2013" /><ref name="BZ2013">{{cite interview|interviewer=Tony Merevick|author=Josh Morgerman|publisher=BuzzFeed News|date=November 11, 2013|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=5 Questions For A Seasoned Storm Chaser Who Witnessed The Wrath Of Typhoon Haiyan|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tonymerevick/5-questions-for-a-seasoned-storm-chaser-who-witnessed-the-wr}}</ref> The chasers came prepared with a week's-worth of food and water. Around 6:45 a.m. local time, the northern eyewall began battering Tacloban and winds rapidly became violent. Morgerman described the winds to have a "tornado-like quality" at times. Windows and doors at the hotel blew out and the roof was torn off. Trees in the region were completely defoliated. Around 7:50 a.m. a powerful storm surge swept through the city, with flood waters reaching a depth of {{convert|4|ft|m|abbr=on}} at Morgerman's location.
The fast-rising nature of the water incited panic, residents sheltering at the hotel scrambled to the building's second floor and some broke windows to escape their rooms. Morgerman jumped into the water to help people get from flooding rooms to the stairs. Thomas severely injured his leg in the water while assisting trapped people.<ref name="WaPo2013" />
Morgerman described the experience as traumatizing, witnessing the total devastation of Tacloban, bodies strewn across the streets, and "a city spiraling out of control".<ref name="WaPo2013"/> The crew was stuck in Tacloban for three days, eventually "escaping" on November 10 by which time the Philippine military arrived with relief supplies.<ref name="BZ2013"/> Morgerman observed a minimum pressure of {{convert|959.9|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}} in the eyewall of Haiyan. Extrapolating from his second measurement of {{convert|960.4|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}}, he estimated the central pressure to have been below {{convert|900|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Haiyan"/>
On November 5, 2023, Morgerman returned to the Philippines and met with Reynolds and Thomas in Tacloban City a day later to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the cyclone hitting the city.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1721365086961369334|user=iCyclone|title=In Manila #Philippines. About to board my final flight of the day. Gives me tingles just seeing the city's name. I was last there 9 years ago. Don't know what to expect... Super #Typhoon #HAIYAN Anniversary|first=Josh|last=Morgerman|date=5 November 2023|access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> They returned to the hotel that they rode the storm out in, and the hotel celebrated their return with a banner welcoming them back to the city.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1721672864234193188|user=iCyclone|title=Warm welcome from Hotel Alejandro in Downtown Tacloban City #Philippines. So nice to be back with fellow #Typhoon #HAIYAN survivors. Mark & @EarthUncutTV arrive today.|first=Josh|last=Morgerman|date=6 November 2023|access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> Morgerman revisited locations that were memorable to him from his time chasing Haiyan and reviewed the city's recovery since then.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1722033746466246724|user=iCyclone|title=3 photos I just shot—of scenes you can see in my #Typhoon #HAIYAN video:<br>* Rooftop as eyewall reached city (6:53 am).<br>* Ballroom as winds smashed windows (7:00 am).<br>* 2nd-floor balcony while Downtown got pounded (7:13 am).<br>Compare these shots to video—the contrast is wild.|first=Josh|last=Morgerman|date=7 November 2023|access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> He also visited a burial site where hundreds of unidentified bodies were buried following the storm.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1722209631907590543|user=iCyclone|title=A field of crosses in Tacloban City marks where scores of unidentified bodies were buried after Super #Typhoon #HAIYAN. While the official death tool was around 6K, many folks (including officials speaking off the record) say it was likely been 15K & 25K.|first=Josh|last=Morgerman|date=8 November 2023|access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> The trio also attended a commemoration ceremony at the Tacloban City Convention Center for the cyclone's victims and met with locals who remembered them from their time in the city, and later attended a lunch banquet with President Bongbong Marcos.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1722120002818437183|user=iCyclone|title=At the Commemoration Ceremony for Super #Typhoon #HAIYAN at the Tacloban City Convention Center. @EarthUncutTV, Mark, & I met crowds who remembered us & were excited to see us back in town. (Many, many picture requests. 😎) We're now at a lunch banquet with the President.|first=Josh|last=Morgerman|date=8 November 2023|access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> They also planted mangroves on an island the San Juanico Strait to "replace the ones lost in Haiyan".<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1722549389644763358|user=iCyclone|title=A late-afternoon cruise on a small banca, up the San Juanico Strait. We went to a tiny, distant island & planted mangroves—to replace the ones lost in HAIYAN. A magical, faraway corner of the earth. ❤ #Philippines|first=Josh|last=Morgerman|date=9 November 2023|access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref> Morgerman also visited a family who he had met during the storm and whom he had helped rescue their eldest daughter out of the water.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1722731585563406658|user=iCyclone|title=This family lives across street from Hotel Alejandro. In #Typhoon #HAIYAN, storm surge overtook their house, forcing them to wade to hotel for safety. Girls were hysterical. I carried oldest out of the water & up the stairs. She is now a woman, in college, getting a degree.|first=Josh|last=Morgerman|date=9 November 2023|access-date=14 November 2023}}</ref>
===Hurricane Odile (2014)=== {{see also|Hurricane Odile}} In September 2014, Morgerman intercepted Hurricane Odile in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Successfully entering the eye, he recorded a pressure of {{convert|943.1|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Odile"/> Operational assessments of the hurricane's landfall intensity were taken into account for the release of catastrophe bonds funded by Wall Street and the World Bank. The bond system guaranteed a payout of $50 million for a storm with a pressure under {{convert|932|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}}; Odile's operational estimate was {{convert|930|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}}. However, his observations "upend[ed] the system" and the bonds were rescinded. This prevented vital recovery funds from being provided to the Government of Mexico.<ref name="Odile1"/> The hurricane caused extensive damage throughout Baja California Sur, with insured losses estimated at $1.2 billion.<ref name="RMS">{{cite web|author=Robert Muir-Wood|publisher=RMS|date=July 4, 2017|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=The Hurricane Hunter and the Cat Bond|url=https://www.rms.com/blog/2017/07/04/the-hurricane-hunter-and-the-cat-bond/}}</ref> Industry experts later expressed concern over possible conflicts of interest with storm chasers and the catastrophe bonds.<ref name="Odile1">{{cite news|author=Jeremy Blackman|author2=Micah Maidenberg|author3=Sylvia Varnham O'Regan|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=April 8, 2018|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Mexico's disaster bonds were meant to provide quick cash after hurricanes and earthquakes. But it often hasn't worked out that way|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-na-mexico-catastrophe-bonds-20180405-htmlstory.html}}</ref><ref name="RMS"/>
===Hurricane Dorian (2019)=== {{see also|Hurricane Dorian}} On August 31, 2019, Morgerman flew to Marsh Harbour, in the Bahamas to intercept Category 5 Hurricane Dorian.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Josh Morgerman|user=iCyclone|date=August 31, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Goin' for it. Last flight into Abaco Islands #Bahamas before it shuts down. I passionately hate Island Roulette. But I hate standing on my hind legs for three days to lick the bland edges of an unraveling recurver even more. I may go down in flames on this chase. Oh well. #DORIAN|number=1167803569904541696}}</ref> Initially staging his chase in Treasure Cay, he ultimate chose to ride out the storm at Central Abaco Primary School—a designated concrete shelter—in Marsh Harbour.<ref name="TWCDorian"/><ref>{{cite tweet|author=Josh Morgerman|user=iCyclone|date=September 1, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=3:40 am. Middle-of-the-night strategy move: With #DORIAN's continued W movement, I started to feel like I'd miss the eye—so I jumped in the car & drove ~20 miles from black star (resort in Treasure Cay) to brown star (school in Marsh Harbour). May ride it out here. Ain't sure.|number=1168068156180615168}}</ref> At 11:40 a.m. EDT on September 1, Morgerman reported board to be flying off the structures windows and children being wrapped in blankets for safety.<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Josh Morgerman|user=iCyclone|date=September 1, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=11:40 am. Pounding. CRASHING. Boards prying off windows. We're moving children to a safe space, wrapping them in blankets. 969 mg. #DORIAN|number=1168187492656472066}}</ref> After tweeting this information, contact with Morgerman lost for two days before he was able to contact the Weather Channel.<ref name="TWCDorian">{{cite web|author=Joe McCarthy|publisher=The Weather Channel|date=September 3, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Hurricane Chaser Josh Morgerman Emerges After Days of Silence|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/2019-09-03-dorian-hurricane-chaser-survives-josh-morgerman}}</ref>
Around 2:00 p.m. EDT, Hurricane Dorian made landfall over the Abaco Islands with maximum sustained winds of {{convert|185|mph|km/h}}, making it the strongest such storm on record in the Bahamas.<ref>{{cite report|author=Lixion Avila|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=September 1, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Hurricane Dorian Intermediate Advisory Number 33A|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2019/al05/al052019.public_a.033.shtml}}</ref> The eyewall of Dorian proved exceptionally violent, battering the school with "the force of a thousand sledgehammers".<ref>{{cite tweet|author=Josh Morgerman|user=iCyclone|date=September 3, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Winds pounded the building with the force of a thousand sledgehammers. Crept out during eye to find school mostly destroyed, cars in parking lot thrown around & mutilated. Barometer said 913.4 mb.|number=1169010252622249986}}</ref> He and others sheltering at the school held furniture against window shutters to prevent them from blowing in.<ref name="FoxDorian" /> The school was largely destroyed in the first half of the hurricane, forcing Morgerman and those sheltering inside to evacuate to a sturdier government building during the calm of the eye.<ref name="TWCDorian" /> During the eye, he recorded a pressure of {{convert|913.4|mbar|inHg|abbr=on}}, the lowest in his career.<ref name="DorianP">{{cite tweet|author=Josh Morgerman|user=iCyclone|date=September 5, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=My lowest-pressures list has a new top dog. Ain't even close. #DORIAN|number=1169508365724110849}}</ref> Hundreds of residents, many injured during the storm, sought refuge in the structure for the second half of the hurricane.<ref name="TWCDorian" /> After living in his car for two days, Morgerman arrived in Nassau by helicopter on September 3 before returning to the United States. He described Dorian as a "nuclear-grade hurricane" and "the most intense cyclone I’ve witnessed in 28 years of chasing".<ref name="TWCDorian" /><ref name="FoxDorian">{{cite news|author=Victor Garcia|publisher=Fox News|date=September 6, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Storm chaser describes being in Bahamas for Dorian|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/storm-chaser-describes-being-in-bahamas-for-dorian}}</ref>
=== Hurricane Melissa (2025) === {{See also|Hurricane Melissa}} On October 25, 2025, Morgerman flew to Montego Bay, Jamaica to intercept Category 5 Hurricane Melissa, his first chase in the country.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1982103189685244193 |user=iCyclone |title=Flew out of New Orleans at the crack of dawn. #Jamaica-bound. Will be in a Montego Bay in a couple of hours. Chasing #MELISSA |first=Josh |last=Morgerman |date=October 25, 2025 |access-date=October 31, 2025}}</ref> Morgerman staged in Mandeville so that he could be central and near coastal locations as at the time it was unclear where Melissa might make landfall.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1982237318405566528 |user=iCyclone |title=Landed in Montego Bay before 12 noon, then drove for many hours to Mandeville, where I'm now setup in a big, sturdy hotel with a restaurant & generator. This is not my chase location, which will be down on the coast; this is my *staging* location—my headquarters. I picked this town because it's a little inland & central—& that's key, because it's not yet clear exactly where #Hurricane #MELISSA is going. From this spot, I can access many coastal locations. |first=Josh |last=Morgerman |date=October 25, 2025 |access-date=October 31, 2025}}</ref> Three days later Morgerman relocated to Crawford in Saint Elizabeth Parish, where he sheltered in a hotel, and he would ride out the storm there with a local family in the hotel's kitchen.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1983175836573610020 |user=iCyclone |title=Good morning from Crawford, St. Elizabeth Parish #Jamaica. #Hurricane #MELISSA is heading in this direction. Folks on Jamaica's SW coast: seek shelter immediately. It's almost here. |first=Josh |last=Morgerman |date=October 28, 2025 |access-date=October 31, 2025}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite tweet |number=1983730201860206979 |user=iCyclone |title=Man. #Hurricane #MELISSA. Incredible power. Perhaps the mightiest hurricane of the 83 I've witnessed. |date=October 29, 2025 |access-date=October 31, 2025}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Wolfe |first=Poet |date=October 31, 2025 |title=Famous MS Coast storm chaser rode out Cat 5 Melissa in Jamaica. Here's what it was like. |url=https://www.nola.com/news/gulf_coast/icyclone-jamaica-melissa/article_d895b26b-51ce-4e4a-a0dc-41eecc7b1f60.amp.html |access-date=November 1, 2025 |work=The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate}}</ref>
At 10:25 a.m., Morgerman sent his last tweet before landfall at approximately 1:00 p.m. in which wrote: "Frightening power. Whiteout. Roofs teaing off. Gusts like bombs going off. Painful ears. Praise the lord for solid concrete."{{Sic}}<ref name="PeakLF">{{cite report |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2025/al13/al132025.update.10281700.shtml |title=Hurricane Melissa Tropical Cyclone Update |last=Kelly |first=Larry |date=October 28, 2025 |publisher=National Hurricane Center |location=Miami, Florida |access-date=October 28, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1983195190656676007 |user=iCyclone |title=10:25 am. Frightening power. Whiteout. Roofs teaing off. Gusts like bombs going off. Painful ears. Praise the lord for solid concrete. 962 mb |first=Josh |last=Morgerman |date=October 28, 2025 |access-date=October 31, 2025}}</ref> Morgerman was not heard from for more than 24 hours until 8:03 p.m. the following day when Jamaican parliamentarian Floyd Green posted on Twitter that he had met Morgerman in Black River.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1983701263792718082 |user=floydgreenja |title=Ran into @iCyclone today in Black River. Commended him for his approach. |first=Floyd |last=Green |date=October 29, 2025 |access-date=October 31, 2025}}</ref> An hour later, Morgerman posted to his own Twitter again in which he described how he rode out the storm in the hotel and that he was aware of two deaths in Crawford, one of a man who died from a heart attack in a school next door and a woman who drowned in storm surge on the beach. Morgerman wrote that Melissa was "perhaps the mightiest hurricane" he had witnessed and that through his meeting with Green that he had been inspired to "spread awareness of this catastrophe and get that aid flowing in".<ref name=":1" /> In the days after the hurricane Morgerman interviewed various survivors of the storm such as a man who survived by floating on a piece of Styrofoam and clinging to a tree, a woman who was thrown by the wind, and a couple who sheltered under a concrete table.<ref name=":2" />
==''Hurricane Man''== In October 2018, UKTV announced a new television docuseries starring Morgerman to be aired on the network channel Dave. The eight-episode show, titled ''Hurricane Man'', chronicles Morgerman's chases in 2018 across the world. A film crew accompanied him on his chases. The series is produced by ScreenDog Productions and distributed by BBC Studios.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=UKTV|date=October 10, 2018|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Hurricane Man to take Dave into the eye of the storm|url=https://corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/article/hurricane-man-dave/}}</ref> In addition to following Morgerman's experiences, the show also focuses on victims of the storms, sharing their experiences and how they're coping with its aftermath.<ref name="TW"/>
Morgerman acted more carefully during his chases with the film crew present, feeling responsibility for their safety.<ref name="SMH" /> The show premiered in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2019,<ref name="TW">{{cite news|author=Margeaux Sippell|publisher=The Wrap|date=May 15, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=Science Channel to Import Josh Morgerman's UK Storm-Chasing Series 'Hurricane Man' (Exclusive)|url=https://www.thewrap.com/science-channel-to-import-josh-morgermans-uk-storm-chasing-series-hurricane-man-exclusive/}}</ref> and June 12 in Australia on BBC Knowledge.<ref name="SMH">{{cite news|author=Brad Newsome|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=June 6, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=The rare obsession that drove an ad man to get inside hurricanes|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/the-rare-obsession-that-drove-an-ad-man-to-get-inside-hurricanes-20190531-p51t9a.html}}</ref> The show debuted on September 15 in the United States on the Science Channel.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=WPLG|date=August 15, 2019|accessdate=September 7, 2019|title=The Bryan Norcross Podcast: Chasing storms with 'Hurricane Man' Josh Morgerman|url=https://www.local10.com/podcasts/the-bryan-norcross-podcast-chasing-storms-with-hurricane-man-josh-morgerman}}</ref> The series' first two episodes focus on 2018's Category 5 Hurricane Michael and its effects in Panama City, Florida.<ref name="SMH" />
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